Study: Canadian fathers are greatest dads

[EvanL]

CALGARY, Alberta, April 3 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers have found that Canadian fathers do better than fathers from other countries in reading to and playing with their kids.

Anne Gauthier, the University of Calgary researcher who conducted the research, analyzed the diaries of fathers from eight countries to determine which ones were most attentive to their children.

Canadian fathers spent the most time -- about one hour and 20 minutes a day -- focused on their children, the Globe and Mail reported Saturday.

U.S. fathers were a close second. At the back of the pack were Italian men, who who spent only 30 minutes a day on their children.

Canadian mothers, on the other hand, fell more into the middle of the pack compared to mothers from other countries.

Gauthier said that fathers have made the largest shift in the last 30 years, though she cannot explain why North American men have become especially diligent about making time for their children -- more so even than fathers in countries like Norway and Sweden, renowned for parenting policies.

[Merik]

The Greatest Dad is your own. Doesnt matter what nationality he is, and this is just another Canadian vs. US topic.

[budanski]

There was this one dad who got in a fight with a few guys in a hotel... ;)

[EvanL]

The Greatest Dad is your own. Doesnt matter what nationality he is, and this is just another Canadian vs. US topic.
How the hell is it Canada vs US? Did you read the whole article. It is an American article. And it says how americans are right behind Canadians.

[Salty Dog]

CALGARY, Alberta, April 3 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers have found that Canadian fathers do better than fathers from other countries in reading to and playing with their kids.

Anne Gauthier, the University of Calgary researcher who conducted the research, analyzed the diaries of fathers from eight countries to determine which ones were most attentive to their children.

Canadian fathers spent the most time -- about one hour and 20 minutes a day -- focused on their children, the Globe and Mail reported Saturday.

U.S. fathers were a close second. At the back of the pack were Italian men, who who spent only 30 minutes a day on their children.

Canadian mothers, on the other hand, fell more into the middle of the pack compared to mothers from other countries.

Gauthier said that fathers have made the largest shift in the last 30 years, though she cannot explain why North American men have become especially diligent about making time for their children -- more so even than fathers in countries like Norway and Sweden, renowned for parenting policies.

canadian's can read?

(i am just kidding everyone, don't go nuts)

[Vance]

They're probably better than you at grammer, Mister-inproper-use-of-apostrophes.

[Salty Dog]

They're probably better than you at grammer, Mister-inproper-use-of-apostrophes.

soon to be mister-gonna-fly-to-texas-and-beat-you-to-death. :P

[farmgirl]

The Greatest Dad is your own. Doesnt matter what nationality he is, and this is just another Canadian vs. US topic.
How the hell is it Canada vs US? Did you read the whole article. It is an American article. And it says how americans are right behind Canadians.


How do you figure that it's an American article? The location given is Calgary and it was a study performed by Canadian researchers. Just askin'

BTW.... there are good fathers and poor fathers in every country. I think it's a difficult thing to measure. As with all articles of this type.... it should be taken with a grain of salt. :roll:

[EvanL]

The Greatest Dad is your own. Doesnt matter what nationality he is, and this is just another Canadian vs. US topic.
How the hell is it Canada vs US? Did you read the whole article. It is an American article. And it says how americans are right behind Canadians.


How do you figure that it's an American article? The location given is Calgary and it was a study performed by Canadian researchers. Just askin'

BTW.... there are good fathers and poor fathers in every country. I think it's a difficult thing to measure. As with all articles of this type.... it should be taken with a grain of salt. :roll:
It was from Yahoo News.
I totally agree with you farmgirl. Good fathers can be from anywhere.
I just posted this because i thought some might find it interesting. Not to prove any points.

[California Joe]

I'm a good dad. My dad was a great dad but then again he was born in Canada. ;)

Wish I was an Italian dad. Kids are a pain in the arse. ;)

[farmgirl]

The Greatest Dad is your own. Doesnt matter what nationality he is, and this is just another Canadian vs. US topic.
How the hell is it Canada vs US? Did you read the whole article. It is an American article. And it says how americans are right behind Canadians.


How do you figure that it's an American article? The location given is Calgary and it was a study performed by Canadian researchers. Just askin'

BTW.... there are good fathers and poor fathers in every country. I think it's a difficult thing to measure. As with all articles of this type.... it should be taken with a grain of salt. :roll:
It was from Yahoo News.
I totally agree with you farmgirl. Good fathers can be from anywhere.
I just posted this because i thought some might find it interesting. Not to prove any points.


Yahoo news isn't necessarily American news. This was a UPI article. They can be from anywhere.... just like AP. Just sayin'

[Jack Mehoff]

I'm a good dad, farmgirl says so.

[Merik]

I'm a good dad, farmgirl says so.

"Who's your daddy b#*@&!" :lol: